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Fall 2026 TQBA Events

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Online Tournaments** (Open to teams from all regions)

Aug 29 — HS & MS —TQBA Sturgeon Moon (IS-248A)
Sep 12 — HS & MS — TQBA Tailgate Bonanza (IS-250A)
Sep 29 — MS — TQBA Harvest Moon (MS-59)
Oct 10 — HS & MS — TQBA Face-Off (IS-252A)
Oct 24 — HS & MS — TQBA Homecoming (IS-249)

Local Tournaments**

Sep 5 — HS & MS — TQBA Jamboree @ Cinco Ranch (IS-248A)
Sep 19 — MS — TQBA Howdy Bonanza @ Taylor (MS-59)
Oct 03 — HS & MS — TQBA Look at the Leaves @ TBA (IS-250A)
Oct 17 — HS — TQBA Kickoff Classic XXII @ Seven Lakes (IS-249)

**Additional Events will be added. Please note that details of all events are subject to change. For the most updated tournament details (included lists of registered teams) please see each tournament’s NAQT event page. Please note that the most updated list of TQBA events is available this link.

TQBA Fall Classes: August 19th through December 17th

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Register for TQBA Fall 2026 Classes Here!

For Fall 2026, Texas Quiz Bowl will again teach evening Quiz Bowl classes spanning the quiz bowl curriculum. The various classes will cover Arts & More, Geography, Literature, History, and Science. All classes will run for 17 weeks. Please see the above link for registration and more information.

Fall 2026 Classes Schedule
Aug 19 to Dec 16 (Wednesdays) — History Tossups (6:30 to 7:50)
Aug 19 to Dec 16 (Wednesdays) — History Bonuses (8:00 to 9:20)
Aug 20 to Dec 17 (Thursdays) — Arts & More Tossups (6:30 to 7:50)
Aug 23 to Dec 13 (Sundays) — Advanced Bonuses (3:00 to 5:00)
Aug 23 to Dec 13 (Sundays) — Science Tossups (6:30 to 7:50)
Aug 24 to  Dec 14 (Mondays) — Literature Tossups (6:30 to 7:50)
Aug 24 to  Dec 14 (Mondays) — Literature Bonuses (8:00 to 9:20)
Aug 25 to Dec 15 (Tuesdays) — Geography Tossups (6:30 to 7:50)
Aug 25 to Dec 15 (Tuesdays) — Science Bonuses (8:00 to 9:20)

Texas Quiz Bowl Classes are lead by Dr. Christopher Romero who has 30 years of quiz bowl experience and is an expert in cognitive learning theories and academic competition pedagogy. We also feature a group of subject-matter experts, including a biochemist cancer researcher and two Ph.D. candidates in history, to explain the intricacies of the subject matter.

Tossup Sessions will be similar to what students have seen in our previous semester classes. The tossup classes will be primarily focused on general listening skills and clue knowledge accumulation. We will read tossups for the group and students will be able to buzz a limited number of times each session. After each correct answer, TQBA subject experts will discuss the clues and cognitive strategies appropriate for that question. We will give students tips on what to write down and try to remember so that they may buzz fast on future questions on similar topics. Tossup sessions are suggested for all beginning players. 

Bonus Sessions will focus on thinking and guessing strategies for getting more correct answers. While clue knowledge will be featured in the bonus sessions, this aspect of learning will be deemphasized so that we can instruct students more directly on honing their specific listening skills and using both personal and team strategies for how to guess in different scenarios. In this sense, Bonus Sessions can be viewed as an intermediate class, between the tossups class and the advanced class. Bonus sessions are suggested for all players who are comfortable with the tossup sessions and hope to improve more rapidly. 


Fall 2025 Events — High School

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High School Events

Oct 18 — TQBA Kickoff Classic XXI @ Seven Lakes with IS-240
Oct 25 — TQBA Homecoming Online with IS-240
Nov 01 — TQBA Planetfall3 Mirror Online with mACF Planetfall3
Nov 15 — TQBA Warrior Gold @ Jordan with IS-242
Nov 22 — TQBA Thanksgiving Online with IS-241A
Dec 06 — TQBA Holiday Party Online with IS-243A
Dec 13 — TQBA HoHoHo Online with IS-242
Dec 20 — TQBA Diehard Online with mACF miniDART
Dec 20 — TQBA EggNog Online with IS-239A


2025 TQBA Fall Classes

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TQBA Fall 2025 Evening Classes (Online) Registration Link
All classes meet 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. central time

Sundays – Geography & More (Nations, Cities, Landforms) – Aug 24 to Dec 21
Mondays – History (American, European, World) – Aug 25 to Dec 22
Tuesdays – Arts & More (Paintings, Music, Religion, Myth) – Aug 19 to Dec 16
Wednesdays – Science (Astro, Bio, Chem, Math, Physics) – Aug 20 to Dec 17
Thursdays – Literature (Novels, Poems, Plays, Stories) — Aug 21 to Dec 18

Our classes are recommendeded for students in grades 6th through 10th who wish to improve at quiz bowl. During instructional time in each class, we will be using real tossup questions to teach subject clues, buzzing strategies, study skills, and critical thinking. Each fall class is $380 for 27 class hours and includes access at the end of the semester to the repositories of all used questions for review. All evening classes run for 18 weeks from August 19th through December 22nd.